The pressing issues of school funding and bail reform were discussed in the Senate Budget and Appropriations hearing.

Lawmakers of both parties wondered why Murphy is still using the old, discredited 2008 formula, and not the one they tinkered with last summer.

Of the over 100 people who testified at Monday's Assembly Budget hearing, the majority focused on school funding.

New Jersey leaders have tinkered with the 2009 school funding formula law, but under-aided districts still insist over-aided districts are benefiting to their detriment.

Despite this being the largest budget in state history, many organizations say the $37.4 billion might still not be enough.

The state Senate and Assembly are juggling a handful of bills in an effort to reach a compromise before the state budget deadline on July ...

A standoff between the governor and the powerful Assembly speaker. Could the showdown lead to a shut down? A dragnet for federal assistance program abusers ...

Bills about the school funding formula, the use of lottery funds to fund the pension system and the use of Horizon reserves to fund health ...

With just three days left to finalize the state budget or face a government shutdown, it's crunch time in the Capitol. Lawmakers added funding for ...

Legislators are working to finalize budget details, including a Horizon bill and school funding.

Step one in reforming school funding. Millions more for some districts but where's the money coming from? Might the governor's veto of state funding for ...

Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto announced a revised school funding plan to put an end to almost two years of political ...

Democratic Senate President Sweeney and Republican Sen. Pennacchio have joined forces.

Some school districts operate on less than half their allotted state aid. It's bringing opponents together around funding reform. After a decade of federal oversight, ...

Several parents spoke before the Senate Budget Committee asking lawmakers to increase funding to their school districts.

School districts plead with the Senate Budget Committee to change the aging school funding formula and give them more. One program that's getting less from ...

Newark and Jersey City mayors went before the Senate Select Committee on School Funding Fairness to explain why they think the current aid structure makes ...

A new study puts a price on repealing Obamacare: billions of dollars in extra state costs and a million people out of luck. The cost ...

A state audit found New Jersey school funding isn’t based on current enrollment and demographics data and the gap is particularly wide among special education ...

He engineered Bridgegate. David Wildstein tells the jury how he played "bad cop" in serving the governor's agenda. Casinos in North Jersey. The biggest proponents ...